Paramount Lawyers Pty Ltd v Laila Haffar and six others [2016] NSWSC 651

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Paramount Lawyers Pty Ltd v Laila Haffar and six others [2016] NSWSC 651 Hearing dates: 3 May 2016 Date of orders: 04 May 2016 Decision date: 04 May 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Rein J Decision: Application refused [26] Catchwords: EQUITY: Practice and Procedure- application to transfer proceedings from District Court to Supreme Court- Claim of 'connected' matter, with separate proceedings by solicitor (defendant in District Court proceedings) against former partner and for all District Court matters to be heard together and leave for applicant to cross claim against former client. Overlap insufficient to justify disadvantaging plaintiffs in District Court proceedings, application refused. EQUITY: Alleged breach of deed, breach of obligations of confidentiality and non-disparagement clause. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Cases Cited: Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Ex 341 Hammond v Bussey (1887) 20 QBD 79 Pinnock v Lewis [1923] 1 KB 690 McCourt v Cranston [WASC] 56 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Paramount Lawyers Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Laila Haffar (1st Defendant) Bruce Adams (2nd Defendant) Elizabeth Adams (3rd Defendant) Jennifer McCarthy (4th Defendant) Darren Moran (5th Defendant) Daniel Murphy (6th Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr G Parker SC (Plaintiff) Mr DA McLure SC (Defendant)